Nkontan Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Nkontan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 249 | 1:83,410 | 10,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkontan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkontan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkontan is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkontan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,014,722nd most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkontan reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 100 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Nkontan is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 249 people, or 1 in 83,410. In Cameroon Nkontan is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 73 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 14 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 12 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nkontan
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